Journal profile
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning
ISSN 1901-9580 · Forum for Islamforskning · Denmark
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 7 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning is published by Forum for Islamforskning. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Islamic Studies and History, Islamic Thought and Society Studies and Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, together about 40.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scandinavian Journal of Islamic Studies (SJIS) is the English title of Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO) Focus and area SJIS is an online journal that publishes articles on Muslims and Islam in Scandinavia (irrespective of the author’s affiliation with a Scandinavian university) and research on Muslims and Islam in the world by researchers affiliated with a Scandinavian university. The journal is published twice a year by Forum for Islamforskning (FIFO) with funding from Independent Research Fund Denmark. The first issue of the journal was published on 17 October 2006. Peer-review process Articles submitted to SJIS are first assessed by an editor. If articles are deemed relevant to the journal and publishable, they will be assesed by two external peer-reviewers (not editors of the journal). Peer-reviews are double blind. Open access and copyright SJIS offers immediate diamond open access without Article Processing Charges (APCs) or any other fees. Furthermore, all articles are published under the creative commons license BY-NC-SA. SJIS has the copyright of published articles.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Thomas FibigerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences16.7%
- Islamic Thought and Society StudiesArts and Humanities14.1%
- Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderSocial Sciences9.7%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences8.2%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences5.9%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences5.7%
- Religious Freedom and DiscriminationSocial Sciences4%
- Education and Islamic StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 275 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 21 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 58 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 31 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 42 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- research articleSwedish and English. Format and length Research articles must be 6,000 – 10,000 words, excluding references, and should be submitted to the editomain text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Authorship requires significant contribution. Model summary
Authors who have not made a significant contributed to an article must not be listed as co-authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Conflicts of interest must be declared. Model summary
Any conflicts of interest must be declared by the author and will be published with the article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data sharing encouraged but not required. Model summary
SJIS encourages data-sharing but does not demand authors to make their data publicly available.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication ethics
Issue editor responsible for ethics oversight. Model summary
- Authors who have not made a significant contributed to an article must not be listed as co-authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open access and copyright
Articles published under CC BY-NC-SA. Model summary
SJIS offers immediate diamond open access without Article Processing Charges (APCs) or any other fees. Furthermore, all articles are published under the creative commons license BY-NC-SA. SJIS retains the copyright of published articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access and copyright
Diamond open access, no APCs or other fees. Model summary
SJIS offers immediate diamond open access without Article Processing Charges (APCs) or any other fees. Furthermore, all articles are published under the creative commons license BY-NC-SA. SJIS retains the copyright of published articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-review process
Articles submitted to SJIS are first assessed by an editor. If articles are deemed relevant to the journal and publishable, they will be assesed by two external peer-reviewers (not editors of the journal). Peer-reviews are double blind.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Forum for Islamforskning
- Country or region
- Denmark
- Language
- Norwegian Bokmål, English, Danish, Swedish
- ISSN
- 1901-9580
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 2 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tidsskrift for Islamforskning
How long does peer review take at Tidsskrift for Islamforskning?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Tidsskrift for Islamforskning?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tidsskrift for Islamforskning is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Tidsskrift for Islamforskning open access, and what is the APC?
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .